The World of Cy Benjamin
Cyprian Broekhuis was only 23 years old. In 2016, he was fatally injured by excessive police violence during a compulsory admission. A day later, he succumbs to his injuries. It is the tragic end of Cyprian’s four-year psychosis. The case, which is receiving a lot of media attention, only raises questions. The exact circumstances never come to light.
The quiet and gentle Cyprian loved walking and often went out in his last years of life. With his camera, he wandered through his hometown of Amsterdam. Hundreds of photos were taken by Cyprian, who chose Cy Benjamin as a pseudonym for his photographic work. The images show his curiosity about the world around him. Everything is an image, beauty and ugliness. A selection of his work has been collected in ‘De wereld van Cy Benjamin, nagelaten foto’s van Cyprian Benjamin Broekhuis’. The design does justice to the eclictic character of the photography. This book is a moving monument, a tribute to a life that ended far too soon.
title De wereld van Cy Benjamin, nagelaten foto’s van Cyprian Benjamin Broekhuis
client Komma, No Ordinary Publisher
publisher Komma, No Ordinary Publisher
text Hans Aarsman, Robert Broekhuis, Nan Romijn
photography Cy Benjamin (Cyprian Benjamin Broekhuis)
book design Wout de Vringer
font Swift
size 220 x 160 mm
pages 160
printing full colour offset
cover hardcover; full colour offset (back) and embossed (front)
printer Wilco Art Books
published 2024
isbn 978-90-833673-8-5